An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s19.19

v1.c9.s19.19

Amongst the architectural remains of this period, which are mostly ordinary, referencè can be made to: some partly extant brick structures and a large rubble-wall at PURANA QILA; a 1·50 m wide street with a lime-plastered central gutter connected with house drains at Mehrauli (Delhi); and impressive rubble fortifications of LAL KOT faced with dressed sandstone slabs and bearing circular bastions and an elaborate entrance passage, exposed during clearance operations in 1977-8, traces of a large house, a community hearth in a room, a large wall and a series of oblong chambers at AHAR,¹ Dt Bulandshahr. Besides, a Brāhmanical temple at Burgaon, Jhansi, in brick and shrines and monastic complexes at SARNATH, SRAVASTĪ, KUŚĪNAGARA and a stone plagged causeway at MATHURA are noteworthy.